Paper votes Some precincts had several hundred

Some machines not working at the polls today, stemmed from not clearing the machines after testing them.
Around 9:30pm Saturday night, Horry County officials said they'd spoken with some of the people who tested the machines, and they say the machines were cleared properly.
To make matters worse, some of the machines would not close out as the votes were being tallied up. The manufacturer has been contacted to see if they can get to the bottom of what went wrong. Meanwhile, paper ballots have to be hand counted.
Horry County Spokesperson Lisa Bourcier said, "We are doing the paper ballots. We actually have about 40-50 county employees helping to sort those ballots now making it easier for the election commission to begin their count later this evening."
Some precincts had several hundred paper ballots. Some of them simply notebook paper... others, small scraps of paper stapled to larger ones. Any of these forms valid, as we learned from the State Election Commission.
Many people have been asking what went wrong, including State Representative Tracy Edge, who says Saturday's problems continue a pattern of voting issues from elections in the past and he's calling for the resignation of Sandy Martin, the head of Horry County's Registration and Election Office.
Edge told us, "Horry County makes Florida look like they were doing a lot right. I mean, we really have messed up today and the fact that so many people appear to be turned away from the polls or had to vote on blank ballots, I think is just a tragedy at this day and time."
County officials say it could be a late night.
Right now, it does not appear that the paper votes being hand counted here will affect the outcome, but officials say they're determined to get to year bottom of this and have everything resolved by next Saturday when Democrats take to the polls.